I believe art is for everyone and to create something is a joy which everyone should have the opportunity to have. So when I read about mouth painters (quadriplegic artists) I thought there must be someway to make it easier for them to paint and draw with more stability and control. This project is the fruition of that idea, an idea that I hope to continue working on.
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Using my architecture piece I started stacking buildings to create a landscape. I used reoccurring buildings in various sizes to create depth and a faint color change for contrast in the background. The first picture is what I started with, the second is the design, and the third shows the final product complete with color/brightness/contrast changes.
The poem I picked for the poets response was Romulus by Seth McCormick. Immediately when reading it I knew I wanted to have deep earthy tones. Also the poem has an emphasis on hanging low while also reaching skyward, because of these lines I knew I wanted to incorporate both horizontal and vertical elements, which was something I did in both pieces. Maintaing a nonobjective form that didn't just illustrate part of the poem was a challenge for me, but was something I wanted to try because my work typically stays in the realm of realism. It didn't turn out as I had hoped but I defiantly challenged myself to work beyond my comfort zone.
Every rainy day of my childhood my sister and I would build a tent over our dinning room table. With flashlights and stuffed animals we would get lost in a world of our imagination. My mom would often surprise us with homade chocolate chip cookies, it was hours of perfect moments. I wanted the memento to capture the perfection of such a simple moment. I used clear gloss coating to stiffen the fabric, and a small light off the end of a pen to give it a flashlight look. "The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale." -Susan Stewart This visual example illustrates this excerpt to me if the item was not in my hand there would be no way of knowing its true size. Which is fascinating when one considers the power of perception! "Capacity of objects to serve as traces of authentic experience" |
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